GULF COAST CHARTER ACADEMY SOUTH

Set in NAPLES, Florida, GULF COAST CHARTER ACADEMY SOUTH is a moderately sized primary school, overseen by COLLIER. It works with 681 students across grades K through 8.

Across the 69 schools in COLLIER (48,252 students total), GULF COAST CHARTER ACADEMY SOUTH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GULF COAST CHARTER ACADEMY SOUTH lists that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 22% Black, 17% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 37% of students at GULF COAST CHARTER ACADEMY SOUTH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Collier County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GULF COAST CHARTER ACADEMY SOUTH falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 62.6%; this one comes in at 44.6%, -17.9 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, census data for Collier County shows median household earnings sit near $90,045, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GULF COAST CHARTER ACADEMY SOUTH is one of 75 public schools in Collier County (combined enrollment of about 48,252 students).

MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GULF COAST CHARTER ACADEMY SOUTH. On composite proficiency, GULF COAST CHARTER ACADEMY SOUTH comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 69.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. GULF COAST CHARTER ACADEMY SOUTH operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 641 students in 2018 compared to 681 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 32% to 17%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

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